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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-24
Her Forte.

Profcssor-"If you find that lit
erature is your forte, write by all
means. / would advise you, how
ever, to avoid the imaginative and
write only on useful topics until
you have formed style. There are
many things connected with wom-
ans work, for instance, that you
could write about matters upon
which you have formed opinions
are there not?"
Vassar Girl-"Certainly. Wom-
en-. especially in the lower ranks Of
life, need to be advised on. many
things, and l am sure l could uee
my pen not only with pleasure to
myself but profit to my sex in such
q field of literary labor"
P.-"We'l, begin and'see Of what
you are capable in that directions"
Then the vassar girl went tU.her
room aud hogan the 6rat Of series
of papers entitled ~Hints TO Aotl.
ers. ."--postnn Cps,rirz
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-24

Mary" said pominent Cincin
natl gentleman to his wife few
mornings ago, just before leaving
for his place of business, "Mary,
expect couple of gentlemen will
be out here to-day to look at ouI
place with a view of buying. Dom,
be careless with them and neglect
to show them all the good points
about the premises. If you are a
little dicreet now we can get good
price for the property"
II understand, lOvey. I'll not
neg. .ect them," hearing which the
'lovey" departed.
In the course Of the day two gen.
tlemen called, and the Mrs. gave
them all the aid possible in inspect
ing the place. No real estate dealer
could ever have been more voluble
in describing property in an option
town than was this loyal little
spouse.
"Why, gentlemen, said she, 1--WE
have actually received repeated Of
fers of 10000 for this property,
and have held it all along to be
worth every cent Of $4,000"
That night, as the husband en-.
tered his home, he said: 81 was
sorry to-day, Mary, but those gen.
tlemen had some downtown en-.
gagement, SO that they could not
come out"
whats that you say?" ex
claimed the wife.
II said those gentlemen couldn't
come out"
"But they did, though, and | tel
you l cracked up the place to them
| verify believe / made them think
the old roOkery was worth 100000
"How did they look?" asked the
husband.
The wife described them, when
with a solemn invocation, the hus.
band threw up both hands and
yelled: MARY, you have undone
me completely. You have been
talking to the assessors"-Cincin-
natl Times-Stat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-24
A SNAKE STORY.
A Reptile Valley that Eclipses Any
Similar One Since Bsfo' the War.

The season for snake stories i:
not over, and here is one that vii
tally with the best. 1t was told t.
me by Sam King, the boss fisher.
man of Kings Bottom Harrods
burg, Ky.), and everybody know.
that what Sam says is true. Ht
has u well worn path down the
steep Dix river cliffs to Kings mill
where day after day he goes will
rod and line to enjoy solitary sport
with catfish and bass. l give the
story in his own words:
III tell you something you
wouldn't b'lieve less you had seen
it. I've been going to certain
rock, which sits out in the water
below the dam at Kings mill
every day or SO, to fish. One day
| was eatin' of my dinner when
seed big black water snake swim.
ming along right up to'ard me, and
/ just throwed him Il piece of bread
thinking it would skeer him away,
but he just grabbed it and went un-
der, and pretty soon he came w
again. l dropped him a half OF
biscuit, and he just made away with
that too. Arter while he come back
agin with another snake as big as
he was.
"Well, l divided my dinner agin
with the snakes, and off they went
with it; and by-and-by the same
two snakes come back, bringing
about fifteen or twenty more with
them. / didn't have no more grub,
and they jist played around the rock
tame as chickens. l never thought
much more about it till | went
down to the rock and commenced
fishing, and the first thing | knowed
thar was them snakes come play
ing agin. I'd pitch down bread to
'em, and they'd scramble for it like
minnows after crumbs. My grub
give out agin, and they all left bu,
the big old fellow, and he crawled
upon the rock and curled himself
around and laid dar right by me
jis like he had sorter took up wild
me.
"By-and-by l felt a jerk and
knowed I'd hung a cat, kase the
water was muddy and | was fishing
wild worms. / give right smart
pull, and my line broke jist above
the cork, which was bobbin' under
and out at sich lively gate that !
knowed thar was a big one on my
hook. | reached out to the cork,
and was tryin' to git the line be-
low it wrapped around the tip OF
my pole SO | could save my fish,
when all at once de snake 'peared
to git skeered and dartcd off the
rock but he went straight to de
cork, and fore I'd knowed what was
up he wrapped his tail around de
line below the cork and grabbed the
end of my pole with his mouth
Well, l pulled and l pulled till !
thought that snake would pull in
two, but he only stretched a little,
and when l got that ten-pOund cat
and landed him on the bank, the
snake jist let go with both ends and
went on back i'm the water jist like
nothing had happened. You need
mt tell me nothing about it-snakes
is got sense"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-24

Paper window glass is now said
to be an assured fact. AS described
"a window pane is made of white
paper, manufactured from cotton
or linen, and modified by chemical
action. Afterward the paper is dip
ped in a preparation Of camphor
and alcohol, which makes it like
parchment. From this point it can
he moulded and cut into remarka-
bly tough sheets entirely transpar-
ent. and it can be dyed with almost
the whole of the aniline colors, the
result being . transparent sheet
showing far moro vivid hpes than
tho bssS rlsss exhibitA"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-24

A writer in the Boston Journal
saws: "If l want to tell wOman's &
temper l watch her eyelids. You
can read q man the same way, but
not so readily. A woman with q
firey temper will move her eyelids
with a snap, and that snap betrays
her. Another who is easy-goine
and hard to arouse moves her eye
lids languidly. One with a quick
brain and a temper furious when
aroused just winks steadily, but
neither quickly nor slowly, until en-.
gagged in intes5tile couse{sss'on.'
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-24
PRAMzInI the ASSASSIN.
A Remarkable Career Of Crime and q
Tragic End.

Henry Pranzini, the assassin,
who murdered Nine. Regnault of
Paris, to get money with which to
come to New York to marry an
American heiress, was guillotined
yesterday morning at 5 o'clock,
after desperate struggle with the
men whose duty it was to bin him
and place his neck beneath the
knife. He marched from his cell
to the scaffold with a defiant air.
He had no confession to make. To
the last he maintained the inhuman
insensibility which carried him free
from pity or remOrse, through innu-
merable crimes, ranging from petty
thefts of hOrse-car fares and adven-
lures with lewd women to deliberate
assassination of persons for whom
he prOfessed the most ardent affec-
ton. Handsome in person, pol
ished in manners, talented, plausi-
BILE, without heart or conscience. a
very tiger in nature, he illustrated.
by his combination Of vices with
great culture, one of the bad pos
sibilities of our modern civilization.
He exemplified in his character that
utter extinction of moral sense of
which rOmancers so often write, but
which, as matter of fact. is so
rare phenomenon. His history
accounts to some extent for his de-
mOralization. Born in Egypt of
Italian extraction, educated with
out the advantage of ordinary home
influences, employed for a time in
the Egyptian civil service, impris-
oned for stealing the contents of a
letter, engaged in the murder Of
Nine. SkObeloff for her diamonds,
fugitive in India, an interpreter
at COnstantinople, an adventurer at
Marseilles, and a professional black
mailer, his life was spent under
circumstances which gave him
abundant opportunity to cultivate
his natural depravity. His lin
guistic requirements were extraordi
nary. He is said to have had equal
facility in speaking English, French.
Italian, Greek, Turkish. Arabic,
Russian and Hindoo. To these ac-
complishments he added the charm
for ladies of fine stature and pleas
ing names, combined with extra
ordinary muscular strength. 1t is
not, perhaps, surprising that these
destinations captivated "the daugh-
ter of New York banker" who
saw in the handsome Levantine a
prospective husband. 1t was this
conquest, it is thought, that brought
him to the guillOtine. To obtain
funds with which to come to. Amer
ica, he murdered Nine. Regnault,
entering her room, it is supposed.
while she slept. The noise made
in cutting her throat brought Nine.
Regnault's maid upon the scene.
This led to the murder of the maid,
and the 12-year-old daughter of the
maid was killed to preveLt her from
testifying to what she had seen.
Pranzini's own indiscretions be-
trayed him, and after a dramatic
trial sentence was pronounced upon
most unconscionable villain. He
consistently resisted the execution
of the sentence of the law at his
death, having spent his life in con-
tempt of all law, human and di-
vine.-Baltimorc Sun, Sept. /.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-24
ALL ABOUT GLASS CUTTING.
New York Mail and Express.


"There are six processes for cut
ting glass, said the manager "The
frs; is termed roughing An iron
wheel. on which sand mixed with
water drips continually, digs ont the
pattern. AS there are only few
lines traced on the glass whereby
to 60, this is very difficult task.
All glass is done by crossing GER
tain straight lines at certain points.
If, in glass cutting, the wheel moves
slightly from the line the whole
piece of glass is ruined. The work
men are therefore compelled to
keep their eyes on their work all
the time. The glass itself is made
in Baccarat, Germany. 1t is the
finest glass made. 1t is termed
metallic because large part of it is
silver. 1t is bought by the pound,
and is very expensive in the bulk.
1t is, therefore, no easy task to
hold it free, as these workmen do
iOl ut al tiiiiC
"The second process is called
smoothing. The wheel used for
this is made of Scoth Craigeth
stone. Water runs freely on it us
it revolves. 1t smooihs out all
the rough edges on the lines which
have been dug out in the first pro-
cess.
after this comes the different
modes of polishing. A wooden
wheel and powdered pumice stone
are used first These take out the
wrinkles on the surface of the glass.
Then follows a brush and putty
powder. Lastly, buff wheel, made
of nearly fifty pieces of Canton
flannel are loose, but the machin-
cry causes them to revolve SO rap
idly, about 1000 revolutions to the
minute, that the wheel seems as
hard as il beard. This last process
not only polishes, but imparts II
beautiful gloss to the surface of the
glass. Then it is finished and
ready for our counters down stairs.
There have been very few
changes in the art of glass cutting
for centuries. Except that we now
use steam instead of foot-power,
we have no advantage over the cut
ting of 200 years ago. There are
only two manufacturers of the
rough metal in this country, and
their glass is of inferior quality.
Workmen have to serve n long ap-
premiership before they master
the trade. An expert workman re-
ceives high pay. 1t is very close,
coniining work and makes them all
look pale. a great many Swiss
and Bohemians are employed. The
cutting of lapidary shoppers is the
most difficult work. 1t requires
the greatest eXactness because there
are so many diamond shaped. fig
ures in small space. Very few
can do the work well. There is one
old man in this country who is
looked up to by all the other work
men. They say he carries a charm.
He is the most expert cutter of
lapidary shoppers in the country
Not only does he cut them all per-
fectly, but he gives them finer
polish than anybody else can. He
is closely watched by his fellow
workmen. who say they have OBJ
served him take something from
his pocket and rub the stopper
with it. He has been offered large
sums for his secret, bu, has always
refused to sell it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-24
Anv Cord viii Do.

DR.. Joseph Parker writes in the
London Daily News: In some re-
liqious denominations there is, as
you know, greater liberty Of speech
than in others. Allow me to Illus
trate this. A tory was taking part
(strange as it may appear) in
prayer meeting, aud in his inter
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-24

The Torture Room Of the Paris Con
cierKerie.


The chamber occupies the ground
floor of the crenelated tower, the
smallest of the three round towers
on the quay. In the center was an
ominous and singular looking OBJ.
ject. 1t was sort of long and
narrow table of lias-stone, Joined
with molten lead poured into the
orevices, was heavy and supported
on three stone legs. This table was
about two and One-half feet high,
eight feet long, and twenty inches
wide.
On looking up l saw a great rusty
iron hook fastened in the round
stone which forms the keystone of
the arch. This object is a rack. A
leather covering used to be put
over it, upon which the victim was
stretched. Ravaillac remained for
six weeks upon this table, with his
feet and hands tied, bound at the
waist by a strap attached to a long
chain hanging from the ceiling.
The last ring of this chain was
slipped onto the hook, which l still
saw fixed above my head. Six
gentlemen guards and six guards
Of the Provost Department watched
him night and day.
Damiens was guarded like Ra-
vaillac in this chamber, and tied
down upon thie table during the
whole time occupied by the inquiry
and the trial of his case. Desrues
and Cartouche were tortured upon
it. The Marchioness de Brinvilliers
was stretched upon it stark naked,
fastened down, and, so to speak,
qusrtercd by four chains attached
to the four limbs, and there suf.
fered the fright of "extraordinary
torture by water" which caused her
to ask: "How are you going to con-
tinue to put that great barrel of
water in this little body?"
A whole dark history is there
having filtered, so to speak, drop by
drop into the pores of these stones,
these walls, this vault, this bench,
this table, this pavement, this door.
There it all is; it has never quilted
the place. 1t has been shut up
there it has been bolted up. Moth
ing has escaped from it, nothing
has evaporated; no one has even
spoken, related, betrayed, revealed
anything out Of it. This crypt,
which is like the mouth Of a funnel
turned upside down-this case,
made by the hands of men-this
stone box, has kept the secret of all
the blood it has drunk, Of all the
shrieks it has stiAed.
The frightful occurrences which
have taken place in this Judges
don, still palpitate and live, and
exhale all sorts of horrible mias-
mas. What strange abomination
is this chamber; what strange
abomination is this tower placed in
the very middle of the quay, with
out any mote or wall to separate it
from the passer-by. Inside, the
saws. the boots, the wooden horses.
the wheels, the pincers, the ham,
mers which knock in the wedges,
the kissing Of flesh touched with
redhot iron, the spluttering of blood
upon the live embers, the cold in
terrogatories of the magistrates,
the dcspairing shrieks of the tor
tured man; outside. within four
PAGES, citizens coming and going,
women chattering, children playing.
tradespeople selling their wares,
vehicles rolling along, boats upon
the river, the roar of the city, air,
sky, sun, liberty.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-24

quartz to be worthless. The same
evening pistol shot rang out in
one of the suburbs of the angel
city, and search revealed the corpse
of man. 1t was that of Dream
Gulch Davis, and his own hand
closed his strange career.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-24
ssvhMNG v CLASSES AT1ENnoN!

nth emn1S INV prepared TO furnish all classes
eae, or orEo!inent at home, the whole of the
ee~ liph, her spare moments. Business
~ eas;l, ana profitable. Persons of either
~snius az Earn from so cents to IS 90 per
~ ali tbs ano proportional sum by devot-
eis earn n unie to the business. Bows and
.sho We my nearly as much as men. That all
- Tie hs hms; may send their address. and
eeA = ~ BUSINESS. We make this Offer To
g. dollsrteo to not well satisfied we will send
'I palScul pay for the trouble Of writing.
0aoeor Sns and outfit free. Addrees
a"sos & Co, Portland. Nina.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-24

The KEYSTONE has long been ack'ovs-
edged TO be the sole representative o. she
Great Upper Wood River and Saw :ooth
mining regions, and, located as 1t IS IN the
very heart CT the most promising ninins
country on the face OF the earth. and leav-
ing nothing undone 10 prcsen; Its readers
complete synopsis OF al mining news ana
Developments. as well as matters Of local
importance IN the growth oi keichum, the
future nietrOl oils OF Idaho, 1t is an invalua-
bic guide for capital and informant to the
settler OF every craft and position. Sub
scribe for il, read il. and let your friends
read what may benefit them
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-18
Sidewalk Resolution.

a Resolution for the Construction of o Side
w9lk on the north side of Fifth street be
tween Maple and Spruce streets.
BE it Resolved by the Mayo and Council of
the City of Yankton.
Sactlon l.. That 1T is, and lis hereby declared
be constructed in the said city of Yanxton,
to-wit: On the north side of Fifth street be-
tween Maple and Spruce streets, In front OF
lots z, =, 8 and 10, block AZ, 10 Mobiles addition
Hec. Z, That said sidewalk shall be six feet
wide, the outer edge thereof to be laid ten feet
and the said .sidewalk shall be con-
structed of wood and in all respects In
Accordance with the requirements of me ordi-
nances Ut The CITY. and plans and specifications
to be prepared by the city engineer, and ap-
proved by the mayor ard council, The said
aforesaid lots, situated on a corner, made by
the intersection OF two streets, shall he exc
tended to the curb line of the crossing Atreet.
or no lks to meet and connect with any h1deS
walks now laid down or TINT may ne laid down
hereafter, upon such crossing streets.
fec. 3 That the cost aud expense of making
the aforesaid improvements shall be betrayed
by special tax, 10 he levied upon the aforesaid
lots, or parts of 10 8, bounding Or abu ting on
the same, in proportion to the feet front of
said lots or parts of lots so Astounding or abut-
ting.
SEQ. 4. That said sidewalk may be laid on
an approximate grade to conform t., the sur
face ofthe ground, as designated in the said
plans and specifications to be PREPARED by the
city engineer.
Sec. s. That this resolution shall be pub
lished for Ioar consecutifs weeks in the official
n wspaper of the city
adopted N.1vemecT 7th. 1897
JAMES hNGssuRY. City Clerk.
Approved this Sth day OF NOVEMBER 1887. r
JAMES Fl sELLER. mayor.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-18
Daily gress aud 1akotaias
General sheridan,s Renort.


Washington, Nov. I5--The annual re-
port 81 Lientensnt General P. Fl. Sheri-
dan shows that the army now consists Of
1900 officers and "a. 236 men. The Gem
eral etates that IL ls his intention to as
semble at 80 early dsy q board Of officers
to considsr what revision is necessary in
tactics with the view of placing the army
more completely in harmony with the
advanced methods Of conducting war.
both The drill and diacip Inc OF the
men and the Efficiency OF the army for
service the General says would be
much enchanted by increasing by 5000
men the present enlisted strepgs h OF the
army, and to still further perfect the
organization of she infantry army two
majors and two companies should be
auded to each regiment. The measure
which would most promote efficiency of
the service wonld be- the passage of a
lew authorizing the immediate
retirement of those officers
about eighty in number-!n
whose cases such action has already
been recommended by military boards.
or who have for some time been absent
on account OF sickness from their com
mands, with but little prospect Of their
ultimate recovery. Their enforced con
tinnation on the active list, though DIS.
ing no duty, has left companies without
their proper complement Of officers and
brought additional labor on ether men
while ut the same time deprlving them
of mefited promotion
The magazine gun, General Sheridan
must be the arm of She future,
and a glance at foreign armies, he
says. shows that future to be very near
at hand. He spgessts that the efforts
Of Lieutenant Zallnski in the matter of
guns should be encouraged,
in conclusion, strongly favors ex-
of all possible aid by the general
government to the national guard OF Che
different states. .'as they constitute q
body OF troops that in any great emer.
gency would form an important part of
our military force"
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-18
Aceented hY tna preaiaant.

lrEaeGl ~ ~ |aM
Washington, Nov. l6-Oommissioner
ISparks this morning received o letter
from the president accepting bis reslg-
nation, to take affect o.day The letter
is dated yesterday, and while declining,
Though courtesy to the preslient, TO
give it to the press, the commissioner
said it was extremely kind in tone and
expressed the presidents full apprecia-
ton OF his services TO the country as
commissioners OF the general land office.
81 feel like 9 gsiley slave Just seleas-
Cd" said the commissioner, tend but
for the fact that i am indeed sick L
you'd be in the best of spirits"
"Of course he coEtInned, "this ia not
the pleasant ending of nay ADMINISTERS,
tion, and whsn / reflect l have given
nearly three years CT almost inceesant,
hard, brain. tracking work to the cause of
the people, for but little more than my
board; when l remember ! am at least
$40 900 worse off to-day than I was on
the day I lint to Washington. and
when I review my work o. the last three
years and positively know that my
course has been a right and honest one,
and thet my position in the case at issue
is Enthusiastically c~orrect-whY, when I
think OF all these things. with the con-
seriousness Of having done my whole duty
fearlessly, I cannot help wishing it we're
otherwise. Yeti am by mo- means On
happy.
II need rest, and / shall remain in
Washington the coming winter and take
it easy"
Assistant Commissioners Stockslager
will be acting commissioner until Sparks
successor is appointed.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-18
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

Mayors Office, City o Yankton, Dakota.
pROOLAMA IION is hereby made and notice
= given that a special eleotioa will be held
on Monday he 2ist day of November, a ID.
1887, for the purpose OF Fl ling the vacancy
exIstlns in the office of city justice of the pea ce.
The city justice of the peace to be elected
Will hold his Office until the next annual city
election. livery S:gal voter of the Territory
who saaH have been a resident of the city
thirty days next preceding said ~e.ection is
entitled to vote at said election, in the ward
where he resides and cot elsewhere.
The polls will be kept open from nine O'Clock
q m to four O'Clock 2. m. aud no longer.
Inc said election will be held at the follow
ing llaces:
! toe LIST ward at office of. R. Hanson,
In the second ward at Office o fP. K. Faux,
Cedar street,
In the Sd ward, ut the Office of st. Croix Lum-
ber Oo., Broadway.
In the 2th ward, at the court house. Douglas
Avenue.
The following named Ieersons have been APP
pointad 40 judges and clerka to conduct said
1st Ward. Judgea-J.w. O. Morrison. J. c.
Norman and y. Il. Bruce. Cierks-Harry
Human and j. T.. Perkins.
End Ward, J~ndgas-Jacob Branch. a. j:
faufk and +. J. Dewitt Olerks-Geo. b..
walter and Peter Seydel. Clerks Emil Max
and Robert Cox
4th Ward. Judges-J. N. Hartert, 4. W,
Howard and W. T.. Eldredge. Ulerks-L. d.
r. PooIe and Bert Robinson.
In witness whereof 1 have %hersunte set nay
b. n unto affixed thIs 9Th day of November, A..
ID. 1887
TsEALi JAMES FL. TELLER Mayor.
Atteat: JAMES KINGsBUkY, City Clerk.